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Hi-Tec Acquires Bollom
Maidstone UK based Hi-Tec Spray Ltd has grown as a UK force in surface coating technology for the marine industry following its acquisition of Bollom Finishing Equipment . The newly expanded company now has a team of 40 service engineers based at branches in Manchester, Coventry, Bristol, Southampton, Stowmarket, Maidstone ...
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Remote Upgrade to 1000 Ships
ChartCo has achieved a major technical milestone by broadcasting its upgraded user software, oceanMaster , direct to over 1,000 ships at sea. This software upgrade, including integration with existing on board database records, was conducted remotely with no need for on board engineering attendance using ChartCo''s L-band satellite communications broadcast ...
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First ISSC Certificate for Boxship
Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) have had the first Ship Security Plan onboard a container vessel to be verified by the UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency . The ISPS compliant security plan was written by London based MUSC to be used on board Zodiac ''s commercial cargo carrier CMACGM ...
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NewsFast Cat Travel to Boat Show
Visitors to the 2004 London Boat Show , taking place next month at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in the Docklands, will be able to travel towards the show from central London along the River Thames on a high speed catamaran.
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NewsSubmarine Sandwich Course for Portsmouth Apprentices
A group of apprentices from Portsmouth based shiprepair specialist Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has played a key role in restoring a World War II midget submarine on display at the HMS Dolphin museum in Gosport.
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Dredgers of the World: Fourth Edition
Oilfield Publications produces a range of similar titles covering vessel types such as tugs, survey vessels and mobile drilling units.
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NewsFirst Timers Flock to ShipRepair & Conversion
First time exhibitors continue to swell the ranks of companies taking part at Ship Repair & Conversion 2003 , the twelfth anniversary of the industry''s premier exhibition and conference, taking place the 26th and 27th of this month at the Grand Hall, Olympia in London.
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NewsEncouraging Signs for Repair Sector in Europe
It has been an encouragingly active Summer and Autumn for many of Europe''s ship repair and conversion facilities and thus a refreshing contrast to the gloomy order situation in much of the newbuilding sector. Big ship work may have grabbed the headlines this Autumn, but specialised small vessel projects have ...
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News'Ghost Ships' Scare Up Government Reversal
With two of the first four so-called ''ghost ships'' towed from America to the UK for scrapping now moored at Hartlepool and the other two mid-Atlantic, uncertainty surrounds their future as the UK Environment Agency has reversed its position and declared its earlier approval of modification to Able UK ''swaste ...
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'Venus' in Green Call to Arms
The Swedish Road Administration operates a fleet of more than 60 ships and is thus the country’ s largest shipping company in terms of number of vessels. The Road Administration has overall responsibility for the environmental impact of road traffic and as part of this, its Vagverket Farjerederiet ferry company ...
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OCS Goes Boom
Oil Control Systems of the Netherlands has received an order from SMIT Salvage for the delivery of 400m of Ro-Boom 1100 Oilboom . The order contains four hydraulic operated reels, each including a 100m oilboom, fitted in special fabricated galvanised frames which can be stowed in planes and/or on deck. ...
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Eurpoean Marine Institute A Virtual Certainty
EVIMAR A/S shareholders include British Maritime Technology Ltd, which has recently opened a subsidiary office in Belgium called BMT De Beer bv. The new office is strategically located at Stabroek, near the Antwerp port area and with connections to Vlissingen, Gent Terneuzen, and Zeebrugge.
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Queen’s Wharf Rebuild Completed
The 4m reconstruction of the Queens Wharf in Falmouth has been completed, enabling ship repair and port services specialist A&P Falmouth to resume normal operations. The original structure was destroyed by a fire in January.
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Visit www. portcities. org. uk
A new multimedia educational website launched in the UK last month brings together museums, libraries and archives to enhance public understanding of Britain''s maritime history.
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BMT Extends Survey Reach
British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) has extended its marine surveying capability through the acquisition of US based Technical Maritime Associates Inc, which provides a wide range of marine surveying services around the Port of New Orleans, on the Mississippi River and along the Gulf Coast. Technical Maritime Services and its ...
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EMMA Links With Klima
European Marine and Machinery Agencies has been appointed UK distributor for Dutch heat exchanger manufacturer Klima Thermo-Tech B.V. Klima is providing the air to air cooling systems for the azimuth propulsion pods fitted to the new liner Queen Mary 2. Klima also provides the cooling systems that are an essential ...
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First UK Flag Approval for DSAS
The UK''s Maritime & oastguard Agency has issued the first flag approval of its kind for a SOLAS XI-2/6 compliant DSAS ship security alert system supplied by Pole Star Space Applications Limited.
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NewsShipbuilding Resumes at Portsmouth Naval Base
Warship building has returned to Portsmouth (UK) Naval Base after more than 35 years following the start of production at the VT Group ''snew facilities on the Royal Navy ''s Type 45 destroyer.
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Tidal Turbine Testing Surge in Scotland
Testing has begun of a prototype tidal energy turbine, the EXIM, which both its developers and local government bodies hope will establish Shetland at the forefront of renewable energy developments. Swedish owned Seapower Scotland and Lerwick company Delta Marine are carrying out tests over 10 sites in the Bluemull Sound, ...
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IZAR Agreement Boosts FastShip
The lengthy gestation of the FastShip project took a step closer to realisation last month when a feasibility study agreement was signed between the American company of that name and Spanish shipyard IZAR. Spanish Government Industrial Holding (SEPI) will supervise and foster the project.
